Distortion rules: audibility creation in the mosquito ear
Alexandros C Alampounti, Marcos Georgiades, Justin Faber, Judit Bagi, Marta Andrés, Dolores Bozovic, Joerg T. Albert
The paper reveals how male mosquitoes generate audible distortion tones from inaudible high-frequency sounds to detect female flight tones in noisy environments.
bioRxiv · Sep 5, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience